Crossroads League Announces Men’s Soccer Award Winners

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Crossroads League Announces Men’s Soccer Award Winners

 JACKSON, Mich. – The Crossroads League announced its 2023 Men’s Soccer All-League honors on Monday, following No. 9 Bethel securing a fourth-straight regular season Crossroads League Championship and a third straight CL Tournament Championship.

Bethel’s Thiago Pinto was named the CL Coach of the Year and Andres Latorre secured CL Midfielder-of-the-Year recognition to highlight the postseason awards for BU. In addition to those two major honors, seven Pilots were named as CL First-Team standouts.

The Crossroads League’s remaining top honors included Martim Sequeira of Grace being named the CL Player of the Year, Brandon Nyagurungo of Indiana Wesleyan being tabbed the CL Offensive Player of the Year, Diogo Lopes of Grace earning Defensive Player-of-the-Year honors and Huntington’s Sam Dolobaipu being selected as the CL Newcomer of the Year.

In addition to those major honors, 22 student-athletes were named as Crossroads League First-Team selections, with 15 others taking home Crossroads League Honorable Mention honors.

The All-Crossroads League awards are voted on by the CL’s head men’s soccer coaches.

2023 Crossroads League Coach of the Year

Thiago Pinto, Bethel

 2023 Crossroads League Player of the Year
Martim Sequeira, Grace

2023 Crossroads League Offensive Player of the Year

Brandon Nyagurungo, Indiana Wesleyan

2023 Crossroads League Defensive Player of the Year

Diogo Lopes, Grace

2023 Crossroads League Midfield Player of the Year

Andres Latorre, Bethel

2023 Crossroads League Newcomer of the Year

Sam Dolobaipu, Huntington

2023 First-Team All-Crossroads League

F-Martim Sequeira, Grace
F-Brandon Nyagurungo, Indiana Wesleyan
F-Piero Sabroso, Bethel
F-Matheus Cunha, Spring Arbor
F-Keon Boney, Mount Vernon Nazarene
F-Rood Schnaider, Spring Arbor

F-Julia Vargas Talamantes, Bethel
M-Andres Latorre, Bethel
M-Jose Garcia, Indiana Wesleyan
M-Tim Noeding, Bethel
M-Dan Allen, Grace
M-Abdulrahman Al-Rashed, Spring Arbor
M-Giuseppe Santacroce, Indiana Wesleyan
M-Miguel Martins, Bethel

D-Diogo Lopes, Grace
D-Andres Lucumi, Bethel
D-Aiden Messinger, Spring Arbor
D-Flavio Cruz, Grace
D-Daniel Santos Rosa, Grace
D-Kyle Alb, Marian

G-Matteo Conci, Grace
G-Mathis Neuhaus, Bethel

 

2023 Honorable Mention All-Crossroads League

F-Winter Casseus, Indiana Wesleyan
F-Sebastian Gonzalez, Marian
F-Higor Barbieri, Huntington
M-Juan Garcia, Grace
M-Sam Dolobaipu, Huntington
M-Jonny Mora, Grace
M-Guilherme Girotto Franco, Saint Francis
M-Guzman Trigo, Indiana Wesleyan
M-Justin Devlin, Taylor
M-Alan Tenorio, Marian
D-Cole Little, Indiana Wesleyan
D-Francis Kwashie, Spring Arbor
D-Yoshiaki Takeishi, Marian
D-Guilherme Micaelo, Spring Arbor
G-Aaron Carr, Indiana Wesleyan

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